Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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What kind of river has a wide, flat floodplain and many bends where it deposits
rock and soil?
a. | a youthful river | c. | an old river | b. | a mature river | d. | a rejuvenated
river |
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What are the rock and soil deposited by streams called?
a. | sediment | c. | sinkholes | b. | aquifer | d. | stalagmites |
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When a stream deposits sediment, what can happen to the land?
a. | It decreases in size. | c. | It increases in size. | b. | It stays the
same. | d. | It
evaporates. |
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What method of flood control involves building up the banks of a river to keep
the river within its channel?
a. | alluvial fan | c. | levee | b. | dam | d. | placer deposit |
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The water table is found at the boundary between
a. | the base of the river and the start of a delta. | b. | the zones of
aeration and saturation. | c. | the artesian formation and
spring. | d. | the zones of percolation and evaporation. |
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What does an aquifer allow?
a. | increased porosity in hard materials | b. | Rivers stay within their
banks. | c. | decrease of friction in impermeable rocks | d. | the flow and storage
of ground water |
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How is a well different from a spring?
a. | A well forms above ground. | c. | A well is naturally
occurring. | b. | A well is made by humans. | d. | A well is difficult to find. |
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When does a sinkhole form?
a. | when there is too much runoff from a river | b. | when a floodplain is
too small | c. | when the water table is lower than a cave | d. | when there is a lot
of rain and snow in one year |
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A watershed is land that is drained by
a. | a septic tank. | c. | a water system. | b. | runoff. | d. | an alluvial
plain. |
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While a youthful river is steep and fast flowing, a mature river
a. | has fewer tributaries. | c. | has poor drainage. | b. | has few waterfalls. | d. | has terraces. |
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An alluvial fan is formed on dry land
a. | on a floodplain. | c. | where a river meets an ocean. | b. | with a low
load. | d. | at the base of a
mountain stream. |
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Large materials, such as pebbles and boulders, carried along by a stream are
called a
a. | bed load. | c. | mature load. | b. | suspended load. | d. | dissolved load. |
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Muddy rivers that carry small rocks and soil are carrying a
a. | dissolved load. | c. | suspended load. | b. | bed load. | d. | rejuvenated
load. |
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What is the upper boundary of the zone of saturation called?
a. | alluvial plain | c. | nitrates | b. | evaporation | d. | water table |
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A(n) ________ is the type of deposit that forms where the Mississippi River
empties into the gulf of Mexico.
a. | alluvial fan | b. | delta | c. | cirque | d. | slump |
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When people remove vegetation, they ________ the erosion process.
a. | slow down | b. | speed up | c. | decrease | d. | do not
affect |
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_________ determines the amount of runoff.
a. | Vegetation | b. | The amount of rain | c. | The slope of the
land | d. | all of the above |
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A(n) __________ is a layer of permeable rock containing water.
a. | cave | b. | water table | c. | aquifer | d. | dam |
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All of the following are characteristics of rocky shorelines EXCEPT
_________.
a. | beaches | b. | cliffs | c. | hollows | d. | caves |
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Forces that act on shore zones cause them to _________.
a. | constantly change | b. | stabilize | c. | stay the same | d. | none of the
above |
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The most common features along rocky shorelines are _________.
a. | beaches | b. | sand dunes | c. | rocks and cliffs | d. | rock and sand
deposits |
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Completion
Complete each
statement.
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An alluvial fan is a triangular-shaped deposit that forms when (wind, water)
loses its energy of motion.
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A (gully, delta) is formed when water empties into a lake, gulf, or
ocean.
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Matching
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a. | type of erosion that begins when a small stream forms during a heavy
rain | g. | upper surface of the zone of saturation | b. | erosion that can
evolve from rill erosion | h. | hot springs that erupt | c. | heated groundwater that reaches the
surface | i. | a curve in a
stream's channel | d. | water erosion outside of a stream
channel | j. | cool water forced
to the surface by pressure | e. | layer of rock that water flows
through | k. | rocks through which
water cannot pass | f. | water that flows over the Earth's
surface | l. | water that soaks
into the ground |
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gully erosion
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25.
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rill erosion
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impermeable
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runoff
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28.
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meander
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water table
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30.
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geyser
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31.
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hot spring
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sheet erosion
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artesian well
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34.
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aquifer
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35.
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groundwater
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